African startups exceeded their mark with collective funding worth over $2 billion in 2021. It’s completely incredible how fast some startup ecosystems have grown over the past 3 years. Even in spite of the pandemic. African startups raised the highest amount ever recorded in 2021. The trend did not slow down earlier this year. The African startup ecosystem had a phenomenal first quarter in 2022, raising USD1.235 billion across 197 deals.
